Parallel Sessions - Nielsen Hall
Session I: Saturday, 9:45-10:30am
| Session/ Room | Session Title | Session Speaker(s) | Session Chair/Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A: NH 170 | Careers outside of academia | Dr. Erin Cooper, Dr. Rhiannon Griffin, Li Murphy, Dr. Amanda Schilling | Joseph Hyunseop Choi |
B: NH 270 | Women in leadership roles / Women as role models | Dr. Sara Barber, Dr. Jane Irungu, Dr. Renu Malhotra, Dr. Margaret Murnane, Dr. Risa Wechsler | Dr. Doerte Blume |
C: NH 103 | Modeling low dimensional functional materials | Dr. Talat Rahman | Delaram Nematollahi |
| D: NH 203 | Transferring to a four-year college | The Transfer Team from the Office of Admissions & Recruitment at OU | Andrea De La Torre |
| E: NH 251 | Bias and gender issues | Dr. Ferah Munshi | London Willson |
Session II: Saturday, 11:00am-11:45am
| Session/ Room | Session Title | Session Speaker(s) | Session Chair/Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A: NH 170 | Engineering/Physics Engineering Graduate School | Dr. Jessica Ruyle, Dr. Bin Wang, Dr. Binbin Weng | Dr. Desmond Villalba, Dr. Mike Santos, Dr. Randa Shehab |
B: NH 270 | Hands-on networking workshop | Dr. Rhiannon Griffin, Dr. Amanda Schilling, Dr. Elizabeth Behrman, Dr. Sara Barber, Jessica Burgess, Dr. Erin Cooper, Capt. Zhanna A Shirshikova, Cheryl McGee, Li Murphy | Dr. Doerte Blume |
C: NH 103 | REU application workshop | Brenda Morales | Dr. Melissa Halford |
| D: NH 203 | The proton radius puzzle | Dr. Evangeline Downie | Bijay Shrestha |
| E: NH 251 | Elements of Student Success and Retention | Dr. Sherri Irvin | London Willson |
F: NH 302 | Academic Life Coaching: From Surviving to Thriving | Dr. Kathleen Shea Smith and team | AJ Yates |
Session III: Saturday, 3:00-3:45pm
| Session/ Room | Session Title | Session Speaker(s) | Session Chair/Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A: NH 170 | A glimpse at the APS Bridge Program at UCF | Talat Rahman | Sarah Stangl |
B: NH 270 | Careers outside of academia | Dr. Amanda Schilling, Dr. Sara Barber, Capt. Zhanna A. Shirshikova | Joseph Hyunseop Choi |
C: NH 103 | Experimental Trends and Opportunities in Condensed Matter Physics | Dr. Giti Khodaparast | Dr. Ann Viano |
| D: NH 203 | LGBTQIA+ session LGBTQIA+ stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and many other terms (such as non-binary and pansexual) | Cheryl McGee | Elizabeth Ellithorpe |
| E: NH 251 | Undergraduate research opportunities – OK-LSAMP as an example | Brenda L. Morales | Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick |
| F: NH 302 | Academic Life Coaching: From Surviving to Thriving | Dr. Kathleen Shea Smith and team | AJ Yates |
Session IV: Sunday, 8:50am-9:35am
| Session/ Room | Session Title | Session Speaker(s) | Session Chair/Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A: NH 170 | Hands-on networking workshop | Dr. Elizabeth Behrman, Dr. Sara Barber, Dr. Amanda Schilling, Dr. Erin Cooper, Capt. Zhanna A Shirshikova | Dr. Doerte Blume |
B: NH 270 | Career outside of academia: High school teacher | Keely Cox, Chelsea Foo, Anna Williams | Dr. Kieran Mullen |
C: NH 103 | Work-life / work-family balance | Dr. Julie Gunderson, Dr. Ann Wright, Dr. Desmond Villalba | Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick |
| D: NH 203 | Mental health | Dr. Brittany Stewart | Dibyashree Sengupta |
| E: NH 251 | Alternative Career Path: From Physics to Atmospheric Sciences | Dr. Petra Klein | Andrea De La Torre |
Session V: Sunday, 9:45am-10:30am
| Session/ Room | Session Title | Session Speaker(s) | Session Chair/Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A: NH 170 | Science Policy in Congress | Dr. Sara Barber | Sarah Stangl |
B: NH 270 | Navigating traditional white spaces with marginalized identities | Dr. Rodney Bates | Elizabeth Ellithorpe |
C: NH 103 | Quantum Machine Learning | Dr. Elizabeth Behrman | Bijay Shrestha |
| D: NH 203 | How to write a successful CV/Resume/Letter of interest? | Dr. Kieran Mullen | Dr. Melissa Halford |
| E: NH 251 | Communicating Science: Effective Delivery to Any Audience | Jessica Burgess | Saloni Bhatiani |
Session VI: Sunday, 11:00-11:45am
| Session/ Room | Session Title | Session Speaker(s) | Session Chair/Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
A: NH 170 | Importance of staying involved – campus and community | Dr. Rodney Bates, Javad Dowran, Evelyn Vargas-Olmos | Maria Schutte |
B: NH 270 | Impostor syndrome --- interactive Bingo game | Dr. Ferah Munshi, Dr. Nate Kaib | |
C: NH 103 | Nuclear Physics | Dr. Flera Rizatdinova | Veena Balakrishnan |
| D: NH 203 | Careers in academia panel: Faculty at two- and four-year colleges | Dr. Julie Gunderson, Dr. Ann Viano, Dr. Ann Wright, Dr. Mary Kidd | Dr. Deborah Watson |
| E: NH 251 | Applying to graduate school | Amber Roepe, Hannah Day, Dr. Arne Schwettmann | Dr. Eric Abraham |
